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Transparent polymer film and method for producing it, and retardation film, polarizer and liquid crystal display device comprising the film

a technology of transparent polymer film and retardation film, which is applied in the direction of polarising elements, instruments, other domestic objects, etc., can solve the problems of reducing producibility, difficulty in adjusting the production process, and affecting the quality of the product, etc., and achieves excellent retardation film, suitable moisture permeability, and suitable moisture permeability.

Active Publication Date: 2011-04-05
FUJIFILM CORP
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Benefits of technology

The invention provides a transparent polymer film with good moisture permeability and optical properties, including a large Re and a negative Rth, and a small fluctuation in the retardation value and slow axis direction. The film can be directly attached to a polarizing film, making it suitable for on-line operation and high-volume production. The invention also provides a liquid crystal display device with high reliability.

Problems solved by technology

In particular, since transparent polymer films having a negative Rth are not easy to produce, and it is desired to produce them in a simplified manner.
For producing transparent polymer films having a negative Rth, disclosed is a method of forming a vertically-aligned liquid crystal layer on an isotropic transparent polymer film serving as a support (e.g., see JP-A-6-331826), but the method is problematic in that the production process according to it is complicated and that the producibility is lowered owing to the retardation fluctuation caused by the non-uniformity of the alignment and the film thickness.
However, the method is problematic in that it consumes a large quantity of a thermal-shrinking film and that the quality (e.g., retardation value, slow axis direction) of the produced films is not uniform.
The problems are especially serious with polymers of high elasticity such as cellulose esters and hydrophilic polymers.
According to the method, films having suitable moisture permeability can be obtained, but the method is problematic in that the energy necessary for polymer dissolution is large and that the produced films could not have a sufficient Re.

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[0166]Methods for measuring and evaluating the characteristics as referred to in the following Examples are described.

[Retardation]

[0167]Samples of 5 cm×5 cm are cut out from a film to be analyzed, and tested according to the methods mentioned above. The data at different points are averaged to obtain Re and Rth, the slow axis direction, the fluctuation in Re and Rth, and the fluctuation in the slow axis direction.

[Moisture Permeability]

[0168]The value determined according to the method mentioned above is calculated in terms of the film having a thickness of 80 μm.

[Tg]

[0169]The value determined according to the method mentioned above is Tg of the film analyzed.

[Polarization]

[0170]Two sheets of the polarizer produced herein are stuck together with their absorption axes kept in parallel to each other and the transmittance (Tp) thereof is measured; and they are stuck together with their absorption axes kept perpendicular to each other and the transmittance (Tc) thereof is measured. Th...

examples 101 to 111

, Comparative Examples 101 to 106

(Preparation of Polymer Solution)

1) Polymer:

[0172]In Examples and Comparative Examples, a polymer A mentioned below was used. The polymer A was heated and dried at 120° C. to have a reduced water content of at most 0.5% by mass, and 20 parts by mass of the polymer A was used herein.

Polymer A:

[0173]The polymer A is a powder of cellulose acetate having a substitution degree of 2.85. The viscosity-average polymerization degree of the polymer A was 300; the substitution degree of 6-acetyl group thereof was 0.89; the acetone extract fraction thereof was 7% by mass; the ratio of weight-average molecular weight / number-average molecular weight thereof was 2.3; the water content thereof was 0.2% by mass; the viscosity thereof in 6 mas. % dichloromethane solution was 305 mPa·s; the amount of the residual acetic acid therein was at most 0.1% by mass; the Ca content thereof was 65 ppm; the Mg content thereof was 26 ppm; the iron content thereof was 0.8 ppm; the ...

example 112

[0198]A film having Re=172 nm and Rth=−75 nm was obtained in the same manner as in Example 104, for which, however, the heat-treatment step in Example 104 was changed as follows:

(Heat Treatment)

[0199]The obtained transparent film was heat-treated, using an apparatus with a heating zone controlled at 240° C. between two nip rolls. The draw ratio was controlled to be 30% by controlling the peripheral speed of the nip rolls, and the aspect ratio (distance between nip rolls / base width) was controlled to be 3.3. After stretched, the film was cooled and wound up.

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Abstract

A transparent polymer film satisfying Re≧15 and Rth≦−7.5, and having a moisture permeability at 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90% of at least 100 g / (m2·day) as calculated in terms of the film having a thickness of 80 μm. This film can be stuck to a polarizing film in on-line operation.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a transparent polymer film having optical anisotropy and capable of being directly stuck to a polarizing film, and a method for producing it, and to provide a retardation film, a polarizer and a liquid crystal display device comprising the transparent polymer film.BACKGROUND ART[0002]A polymer film of typically cellulose ester, polyester, polycarbonate, cyclo-olefin polymer, vinyl polymer or polyimide is used in silver halide photographic materials, retardation films, polarizers and image display devices. Films that are more excellent in point of the surface smoothness and the uniformity can be produced from these polymers, and the polymers are therefore widely employed for optical films.[0003]Of those, cellulose ester films having suitable moisture permeability can be directly stuck to most popular polarizing films formed of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) / iodine in on-line operation. Accordingly, cellulose acylate, especially cellulose...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G02F1/1335
CPCC08J5/18G02B5/3033C08L1/12C08L1/10C08J2301/10G02F1/1335
Inventor SASADA, YASUYUKI
Owner FUJIFILM CORP